Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 69

ROLEX REF 1680 RED SUBMARINER STEEL Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 660 ft = 200 m, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", case No.2631394, Ref. 1680. Made in 1971. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with a Rolex stainless steel jubilee bracelet and deployant clasp.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

HKD 50,000 - 66,000 / USD 64,000 - 8,500

Sold: CHF 8,750

Three-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with Cyclops lens. Black with Submariner in red letters, luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, outer minutes/ seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx. overall length: 190 mm.